BRUSSELS — The bankruptcy this summer of Solyndra — a solar company heavily subsidized by the U.S. government — unleashed a torrent of concern about the risks of wasting taxpayer money on renewable-energy projects.
Of greater concern, however, is the prevalence of wasting (4.7% based on the 2008 NNS and 5.9% based on the MICS 2010 [ 17]), with prevalence rates up to 7% or more in the 6 to 24 month age group and the Western region (Table 2, Figure 1).
Skeptical Burners complain that empty hydrogen fuel packets litter the Playa and express concerns of waste byproducts.
In New Zealand, there has been a long history of concern about mass wasting (erosion)—predominantly by landsliding that has largely focused on 'storm-effects' in areas of highly erodible hill country in the North Island (e.g. Committee of Inquiry 1939; Taylor 1938, Taylor, NH comp 1970; Blaschke et al. 1991; Dymond et al. 2006 a.
The Leicester study lists the "normalisation" of hate crime, concerns about wasting police time, and "negative experience" of police involvement, including being "outed" without permission, as potential reasons for the substantial under-reporting.
Due to the ecological and health concerns of human wastes, extensive research has been conducted to study the composting process and to evaluate methods to describe the stability, maturity and sanitation of compost prior to its agricultural use (Brewer and Sullivan 2003; Zmora-Nahum et al. 2005).
But the broader wave of concern about the wasted oil and smog produced by idling engines, Pakenham confessed recently, is "way behind schedule". This week, he is travelling to Granada, to give a presentation on what he hopes will prove to be the key: monetizing citizen activism.
That category has been retired because of food wasting concerns, CBS News reports.
In parallel, some detailed data concerning the waste have been compiled mainly concerning the amount of waste to treat, and its tritium specific activity with its profile in bulky materials.
